The Duke of Sussex has said he wants his disagreements with his brother and the King to “work out”.
His comments were published as Charles, the Queen and the Prince and Princess of Wales welcomed the Sultan of Oman to Windsor for his state visit to the UK.
In an interview with GQ magazine about grief and family, recorded in late September and shared on Tuesday, Harry was asked if he grieves his “complicated” relationship with his father and brother.
The Duke of Sussex and Prince of Wales at the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II (PA)
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The Duke of Sussex said: “Yeah, yes, of course, from a family perspective, again another massively relatable issue for so many people.
“There’s sibling disagreements, there’s broken relationships between, you know, kids and their parents, kids and one parent.
“That continues to come up with me the whole time by people that I speak to, so I know how relatable it is.”
“That’s partly probably why there’s so much fascination…”, he said, adding: “Then people maybe look at us and go, ‘how are you going to work it out?’.
“And then ‘maybe how I see you’re going to work it out, maybe that will help me work my stuff out’.
“And some people don’t want it to work out – I want it to work out.”
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are back in the UK (PA)
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Harry added: “Of course I do.
“With everything else that’s going on in the world, the most important thing is to reconcile – that’s the key point.”
Asked if he thinks he could repair “this wound”, the Duke of Sussex replied: “Yeah of course, I think every wound… look, scars stick around forever but… what your perception is and what your mindset is to these things that have happened, certainly letting go of the past, that’s something that I would encourage everybody to do.
“If there’s certain things from the past that’s still affecting your everyday, that’s harder to let go of.
“But yeah, for me, there’s enough drama in the world and enough drama in people’s lives than to continue with issues with family…”
William and Kate have been at a welcome ceremony for the Sultan of Oman (Toby Melville/PA)
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The interviewer interjected “it’s not worth it?” and Harry said: “That’s hard to say to people when you’re in it.”
The Oman state visit is the first incoming state visit since the Duke and Duchess of Sussex returned to the UK, but Harry and Meghan, who are not working royals, do not take part in official royal engagements.